4000 Essential English Words

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Exercise t

Choose the one that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

1. veteran
   a. wet b. amateur c. young d. vague


2. harmonize
   a. exaggerate b. disagree c. lessen d. mark


3. misguided
   a. lost b. lengthy c. common d. well-planned


4. villain
   a. supporter b. thief c. hero d. loud person


5. scorn
   a. respect b. weird c. delicate d. factory-related

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the word bank.

........................ f Word Bank I...........................

industrious

statutes

communal

acrobats

rehearsed

inventive

metropolitan

Mandarin

fluid

judicial

Stella was amazed by the performance of the 1 ______________.

She thought their 2 ______________movements were beautiful.

Dave had four siblings, so he was used to 3_

They shared almost everything and were 4_

things.

_ living.

. about finding new uses for old

The 5 ______________system has many roles.

It interprets laws and 6______________and judges whether they are fair.

The students 7 __

They were very 8_

. for the play every day after school.
_ and often stayed after dark.

9 ______________is spoken throughout northern and southwestern China.

However, other languages are also popular in 10 ______________areas.